Chapter 90 - Abnormal Knowledge

"Cecil! Lucia! Please stand!"

"!"

At the teacher's sudden call, Cecil and Lucia were startled and looked up questioningly at the instructor. Seeing their dumbfounded faces, the instructor continued,

"Please stand! I want you to recount my explanations to the entire class. I'm pretty sure this is easy for you two since the both of you are such ge~niuses."

Teacher Gal'ania's voice had a clear tinge of annoyance and sarcasm. Cecil stood up while scratching his head, what could he say? The lecture to him was literally pointless since he already knew it, but it was still his fault since he disrespectfully didn't pay attention.

Lucia stood up next to him and rubbed her eyes. It was clear that she was tired since she had to put extra effort in focusing her mind to write all those complex arrays and formations.

Seeing the duo stand up, the class was once again sent into another round of small murmurs.

"Again? Cecil only just offended the Sage a couple of days ago. Now another problem?"

"...I guess they're too smart for this class?" Snickered another.

"Shut it, they're the top ranked in our class for a reason. Maybe they already know the contents of the research..."

"Pfft, don't kid yourself. The lesson materials were created and compiled from the research results of the academy and those are supposed to be top secret!"

"Man... even Lucia was dragged into this, probably because of Cecil right? Those two are always together... don't you think he's being a bad influence for her?"

"..."

Fina, Eli and Ainz were surprised that the teacher was irritated because of both Cecil and Lucia. Fina turned a worried gaze towards her two friends, while Ainz was snickering at Lucia. Eli only took a glance and just waited.

Unlike her two friends, she had confidence in these two. She was sitting beside Lucia today and she herself saw the two gradually grow bored at the lecture.

This couldn't be attributed to the fact that Lucia and Cecil was being lazy since the girl beside her started doing something even more unbelievable than not listening to the 'advanced' lecture.

She was taking out magic scrolls from her spatial ring and drawing complex formations and arrays on it while constantly murmuring to herself even more complex and indescribable knowledge regarding the lecture the teacher was giving.

Eli only heard a sparse amount of her murmuring, but even then she still couldn't understand what it was that Lucia was muttering. All she knew was that her friend's knowledge regarding the Principles of Mana was much more advanced than the lecture's materials.

As for Cecil... she wouldn't worry at all since the boy in question could have heated conversation regarding magic research with the Spirit Sage. Just this feat was a clear affirmation to Cecil's advanced knowledge regarding magic and mana.

"Please, explain to the class. Who wants to go first? What about our 1st ranked?"

"Okay~" Lucia replied.

Seeing this Cecil sat back down and continued reading his book. This caused a small vein to pop on Gal'ania's head.

"Well, where to begin huh... anyway the material is pretty outdated anyway."

"...What?"

Everyone in class did a double take at what Lucia said. Outdated? The academy's research material was outdated? Laughable!

"Hah...hahaha. Outdated you say? Please explain, how is it outdated?" Gal'ania was too angry to get mad. She only laughed at Lucia's words. Outdated? The academy had years upon years of stacked up research.

Other than the magic research teams of the northern continent of Aizlandia, it was safe to say that their research was cutting edge and they were literally at the forefront of magic research.

To call them outdated? Only a fool or an ignoramus would say this!

"Okay, well based on my mother's recent research results, they are really outdated."

"Your mother? Haha, and who is your mother? Is she some leading magic researcher? Hah! She's probably just some nameless woman. Just based on what do you say that the academy is outdated? How conceited! Are you sure that your mother's so-called research isn't flawed?!"

Lucia frowned when the teacher started debasing her mother's research.

"Hmph. I'll have you know that my mother's research is levels ahead of what the academy's at, especially in regards to this 'Principle of Mana'. Hmph, even the name's the same, are you sure that the academy didn't plagiarize my mother's research?" Lucia responded coldly.

Lucia was surprised at first when the material that they would be learning for the next period of time was called Principle of Mana, the same name as her mother's research, she found it amusing that the downgraded version of her mother's research had the same name, but now she found it irksome.

How could such a low, degraded version be called the Principle of Mana? It was clear which one was superior in theory and her mother's recent findings was way ahead of the academy's.

Before the instructor could berate her for her accusation, Lucia then continued,

"Since you want an explanation then I'll give you one." Lucia said while walking to the front of the class.

She wanted to take the magic pen and start writing a small portion of her mother's research and show it to the class, but when she saw that the pen was in the hands of the instructor she wrapped her finger with mana and began writing letters on the board.

This feat was an eye opener for everyone in class; this included the teacher, Miss Gal'ania.

"Listen up, the principle of mana from the academy can only be called a downgraded version of what my mother researched, though before her recent breakthrough it was oddly the same." Lucia said dissatisfied.

"Mana exists as particles in the air. It exists in a corporeal form! This is a proven fact since my mother was able to create a magic tool that could let the user 'see' mana."

Lucia then began explaining the new knowledge she gained from her mother's research. Of course, she didn't explain the entirety of Mrs. Anna's Principle of Mana and only the portion that was related to the lecture materials that Miss Gal'ania explained to them.

Even then, her explanation alone took a long time. By the time she finished, there were only a couple of minutes left before the class ended.

"Hmph. See? Like I said, outdated," Lucia said coldly before returning to her seat.

'Ouch... never insult her family. That's one thing you should never do.' Cecil thought inwardly.

At first he wanted to stop her from doing anything rash, but the cold look she gave him when he was about to stop her deterred him from doing so.

Cecil only shrugged and thought, 'what's done been done.'

Everyone could only stare in surprise at Lucia. The 'lecture' she gave to the class was indeed much more profound than the academy's.

Just as she was about to take her seat, Teacher Gal'ania raised her voice behind her.

"L-Lucia! Your mother... w-who is she?"

"Huh? Why would you care?"

"Her name. Please, tell me her name..." Gal'ania pleaded.

Seeing this, Lucia frowned and reluctantly opened her mouth.

"Anna. Her name is Anna Yukihime."

"Big Sis?!"

"Hah?"

Hearing the name caused Gal'ania to involuntarily cry out in response which earned a questioning look from everyone in class. She quickly covered her mouth and recomposed herself.

"Who's your big sis?" Lucia scoffed and sat down in annoyance. She was just about to resume her inscriptions before the teacher suddenly bowed to her.

"I-I'm sorry... to think I called your mother a nameless woman... please accept my apology."

"What?"

Lucia was wide-eyed in astonishment. She didn't expect the teacher to actually bow down to her and apologize. She was expecting the teacher to scoff at the incomprehensible knowledge that she had written on the class' board.

It was out of her expectations so she was fl.u.s.tered and didn't know what to do.

"U-uhm... i-it's okay..."

"My gosh, it's no wonder though, since SHE is your mother. I wouldn't expect any less from the daughter of big Sis!"

"Huh? Like I said, who's big sis?"

"Hahaha~ nothing, nothing~ anyway... this research..." Teacher Gal'ania brushed off everyone's questioning gaze and turned her attention back to the board where Lucia had scribbled all sorts of incomprehensible knowledge.

Everyone in class turned to look back at Lucia with a gaze asking what happened, to which Lucia only responded with a shrug. She similarly had no idea what was happening.

The teacher was a moment ago berating her and insulting her mother, the next moment however she suddenly started apologizing and even praised her while calling her mother 'big sis'.

"Hmph... there's no way I have such an annoying aunt... not to mention we're from totally different races..." Lucia mumbled quietly.

"You never know Lulu~" Cecil teased on the side.

"Shut it. How come I'm the only one who had to this?"

"Not my fault... you're the one who lost your temper."

"..."

Lucia resumed her inscriptions, but not long Teacher Gal'ania addressed her and the class.

"Please wait, I need to inform the headmaster of this! Don't erase the board okay?!"

After saying this, Gal'ania dashed out of the room accompanied by a gale after casting wind magic to enhance her speed.

"...What the heck's happening?" Ainz asked incredulously.

"..." Eli was speechless at the odd development while Fina...

"L-Lucia~" directed a questioning look towards her best friend who was now nonchalantly inscribing complex magic arrays and formations onto a magic scroll.

The girl in question only shrugged her shoulders since she too didn't know what was happening.

Cecil was humming at the side, seeming to be completely oblivious to the commotion that Lucia caused.

'Hmhm~ never a dull moment~'